My soul clings to you,Your right hand upholds me.
False Motives
Some people will neglect doing good, because what prompted that good was a false motive. I have learned to thank God for using the false motive to remind me to…
God’s vision for the family
God’s vision for the family is supplemental, but a part of the story of mankind. Both male and female were made in the image of God, bearing witness to the…
Our belief in God would destroy us
Be careful what you wish for . . . Some will ask if God exists, why doesn’t he make himself completely obvious so that there is no doubt that he…
With us in reality
God has not called us to attain some super ethereal spiritual enlightenment. No new age mystical, science fiction, or gnostic experience will attain fullness of life or ultimate good. No,…
The list of holiness
Once you make holiness a list of rules, you lose holiness. Because holiness is not a list. Holiness is an adventure and a passion for joy. It is a matter…
Mud in her toes
She ran through the leavesFeeling the mud in her bare little toes,A little hanging on the eaves of her dress.She laughed as the rain soaked her curls.She hopped and skipped,…
Let those who are mature think this way
“Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.” It’s not…
Naked
Adaptation of an earlier poem There she stood clothed, yet nakedBefore Him who looked into herheart.Fire and judgment stirred relentlesslyAnd searched . . . She looked into His eyes and…
Forgiving the small
Among other men, sin is so small of a thing, and yet we our slow to give grace, when we are wronged. But before God our sin is insurmountable, and…
Look into my eyes
I listened as a man told a story on the radio about him and his wife on their honeymoon. His wife had just gotten out of the shower in the…
